Ministers are being changed in the state of Karnataka. Karnataka Minister Dr. Sudhakar K has been given the additional charge of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, which until now was handled by B Sriramulu. With this, Dr. Sudhakar will be in charge of both the Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education portfolios after he was declared as the minister-in-charge of handling the COVID-19 crisis for Bengaluru by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. Since the onset of the pandemic, the government has been reprimanded over a lack of coordination between the Health and Medical Education Department in tackling the pandemic.
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However, a top source in the know of developments has told a leading daily that this change has very little to do with the COVID-19 crisis but more with the internal forces within the BSY government. As part of the settings affected in this reallocation of ministerial portfolios, Sriramulu will now be in charge of only the Social Welfare Department. Even the Backward Classes Welfare Department has been taken away from him with the CM choosing to keep the portfolio for himself for the time being.
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The source said Sriramulu, an influential leader in the state's Hyderabad-Karnataka region has offered to resign as it is clearly a ploy made by Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi who was successful in convincing the CM to strip Sriramulu of his plum portfolios. “This is because Ramesh who hails from the same Valmiki community wants to portray himself as the tallest leader of this Scheduled Tribe at the expense of Sriramulu’s belittlement,” said the source.